The mixed-mode delivery used for Taree Universities Campus (TUC) will help keep students on task.
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That's according to treasurer Graham Brown, who said online and face-to-face learning will ensure students stay attentive and complete their courses.
"One of the hardest things when you're doing an online course is to stay focused," Mr Brown said.
"It's really difficult if you're sitting around the dining room table with the kids and doing those assignments.
"We're setting out a space where people can come and study and converse with other students."
He was adamant the model, which will use local tutors, will boost the online tertiary education completion rate, which currently sits at a deplorable 18 per cent.
"That will make an incredible difference to the completion rate," Mr Brown said.
"This cohort (students) will be feeding off each other and we hope that will make the completion rate ramp up."
For at least 35 years, Mr Brown said the community has been crying out for a Taree based tertiary education hub.
"It's been one of those things on the agenda and finally we're here. We (the board) think this is a brilliant thing for Taree," Mr Brown said.
"It's a great thing for Taree and the surrounding area."
Mr Brown said the funding process was 'grueling' but well worth it in the end. The project secured more than $1.5 million from the federal government to fit-out the campus in the Stacks Finance building on Pulteney Street.
"All you taxpayers can know the government is looking after your dollars and making sure boards like us who take on processes like this are put through a big wringer to make sure we've done our due diligence," Mr Brown said.
More than 400 students are currently studying tertiary education remotely in the region.
Mr Brown said one of the requirements from the government was the campus must be open to anyone studying a tertiary course, whether they are a TUC student or not.
"It's not just the students that enrol in TUC, we have to be open and available for those students to look at their lectures, use the facilities and access the wi-fi," Mr Brown said.
The campus will be open in time for term one next year.
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